Keep it up, CK!
Kicking that habit after 11 years must be something..
POZ - can't remember if I read your story / how it went exactly.
It's autum-ish here and the days are getting shorter, and old "friends" hit the bar earlier and earlier.
I don't join them, as it's so dumb to pay high prices for non-alcoholic stuff in bars - and most of all because I really can't stand their drunk babble, the same stories told for the 100th time, etc. etc.